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Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet.
As detailed in
this article, there is a lot of
wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with
authoritative sources.
On RF Cafe, events with
hyperlinks
have been verified. All will eventually be either verified or removed.
Please
submit significant
historical events and dates for inclusion in these lists. I will be glad to include your name and
birthday. Please do not submit your death date ;-)
A couple years ago, I began commemorating the birthdays of notable people and events with special
RF Cafe logos. Where available, I like to use images from postage stamps from the country where
the person or event occurred.
September 29
1789: The
War Department established a regular army. 1858:
Rudolf Diesel, German thermal engineer who invented the internal-combustion engine that bears his name, died. 1901: Italian-born Nobel physicist
Enrico Fermi was born. 1914: A patent for a "
Phonograph Record" was granted to Thomas Edison. 1915: The first
transcontinental radio telephone demonstration was given in New York City, where speech was transmitted via Arlington, VA to Mare Island at San Francisco, CA. 1925:
Aerovironment founder
Paul MacCready, designer of the Gossamer series of human and solar powered aircraft, was born. 1946: "
The Adventures of Sam Spade" debuted on CBS Radio. 1950: General MacArthur's troops liberated
Seoul, South Korea. 1990: The California Air Resources Board adopted the
Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate requiring 2% of vehicles beginning in 1998 (rising to 5% in 2001, 10% in 2003) must have no exhaust emissions.